High rate of uptake of organic nitrogen compounds by Prochlorococcus 
cyanobacteria as a key to their dominance in oligotrophic oceanic waters

Zubkov, M. V.; Fuchs, B. M.; Tarran, G. A.; Burkill, P. H.; Amann, R.

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High rate of uptake of organic nitrogen compounds by Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria as a key to their dominance in oligotrophic oceanic waters

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Zubkov, M. V.
Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Fuchs, B. M.
Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Amann, R.
Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Zubkov, M. V., Fuchs, B. M., Tarran, G. A., Burkill, P. H., & Amann, R. (2003). High rate of uptake of organic nitrogen compounds by Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria as a key to their dominance in oligotrophic oceanic waters. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69(2), 1299-1304.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-D253-4

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Direct evidence that marine cyanobacteria take up organic nitrogen compounds in situ at high rates is reported. About 33% of the total bacterioplankton turnover of amino acids, determined with a representative [35S]methionine precursor and flow sorting, can be assigned to Prochlorococcus spp. and 3% can be assigned to Synechococcus spp. in the oligotrophic and mesotrophic parts of the Arabian Sea, respectively. This finding may provide a mechanism for Prochlorococcus' competitive dominance over both strictly autotrophic algae and other bacteria in oligotrophic regions sustained by nutrient remineralization via a microbial loop.